Word: fatalities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...opening it. After various attempts have failed the case is finally opened by Bob Matthews, a Harvard Junior, who needs the reward in order to gain the hand of Rose Windows, a beautiful Boston girl. She, however, immediately falls in love with Rameses, now released with all his fatal attractions. Not only Matthews, but all the other men in the comedy are soon bereft of their sweethearts and become no less anxious to get Rameses, back into his mummy case than they were before to get him out of it. By a clever ruse their efforts are finally successful...
...assurance that the vote of the Association was any more than a bare majority, in which case we should still be at a disadvantage with our dearest rivals. But even granted that we should have good company in the experiment, its effect upon intercollegiate sport would be no less fatal...
...economics or the common sense of any proposition interest him except in so far as they may be employed to secure his selfish ends. To the Radical, Municipal Ownership is the remedy of all the abuses of popular sovereignty. To the Reactionary it is the victory of Socialism, a fatal blow at the rights of property. But there must be a middle course between these antagonistic positions and the consideration of this important and pressing issue has made the direct representation of Conscience in local politics peculiarly essential. Conscientiousness is a normally conservative quality and while it is intolerant...
Open practice should prepare the players to overcome the nervousness which often proves fatal in big games, and the keen criticism of undergraduate spectators will make more bearable the less sympathetic attitude of a crowd. From the standpoint of undergraduates, more-over, the passing of superfluous secret practice will be a cause for much satisfaction. Many men who can spare the time are glad to show their interest in the team by making frequent trips to Soldiers Field, and, if this habit is formed early in the season, the excitement which always accompanies a Yale game, although no less intense...
...rhythm and can follow him with regularity. Nevertheless he is none too sure of himself, for he has shown a tendency to shorten his stroke at both ends as soon as he becomes fatigued. This forces all the rest of the men to rush their recovery, and would prove fatal to the chances of any crew in a race...